Anylitical Essay Topic the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander Mccall Smith - 1425 Words Please sign up to read full document. Text Preview Alexander McCall Smith, the author of the award winning novel The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency spoke in a recent interview in The Sydney Morning Herald (December 2006) about his famously optimistic views of Africa and its people. The works of many African authors express rather grim and bleak views in comparison to McCall Smith’s view. In a “Foreign Correspondent” interview McCall Smith says Botswana is a very beautiful country and that Africa transformed him into a best selling novelist and made him famous for his views on hope and optimism. There is a strong sense of family and community that gives cause for belonging, hope and optimism. McCall Smith creates hope and optimism in his novel through his characters and their events. The main character Mma Ramotswe illustrates the qualities of the conventional patriotism of one’s own country. She is not the only character to demonstrate such virtues. Many of the other characters display pride and dignity for their country. The society of Botswana is proud of their cultural background and they are hopeful and optimistic about their country.

Mma Ramotswe is not ashamed for loving her country, she is an African patriot She loved her country, Botswana, which is a place of peace and she loved Africa for all its trials. I am not ashamed to be called an African patriot, said Mma Ramotswe (McCall Smith 2003, 2) Obed Ramotswe, the father of Precious Ramotswe loves his country ‘I love our country, and I am proud to be a Motswana’ (McCall Smith 2003, 17) and then he says on the behalf of his people ‘there’s no other country in Africa that can hold its head as we can’ (McCall Smith 2003, 17). Obed also says his people should love Botswana because There’s no other country in Africa who can hold up its head like we can. We have no political prisoners, and never had any. We have democracy. We have been careful. The Bank of Botswana is full of money, from our diamonds.

We owe nothing (McCall Smith 2003, 17) Mr J.L.B Matekoni, a main character demonstrates his belonging to his country ‘O Botswana, my country, my place’ (McCall Smith 2003, 232) and shows that he has a place in this world. Mma Ramotswe’s pride is evident when she says that she ‘would not be anything else but an African’ (McCall Smith 2003, 214). Many of the characters acknowledge that there are grim and bleak sides of the country but they are still appreciative of what they have and of their motherland. Through his characters McCall Smith creates hope, optimism, patriotism and pride for their country. The Botswana scenery, splendour of the countryside and Africa itself captivated McCall Smith and inspired him to write his best selling novel The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. In a “Foreign Correspondent” interview ‘Africa transformed McCall Smith into a best selling novelist’.

He decided to write positive views about Africa in his novel because ‘there was so much suffering in Africa that it was tempting to shrug your shoulders and walk away but you can’t, you just can’t.’ Many African authors have written about the bleak and grim views in Africa. McCall Smith says that ‘the grim is there in every country, but it should not be the dominant one’. He is determined ‘to make his mark through creating hopefulness’. McCall Smith says ‘I think that many people living in Africa - in circumstances which are quite difficult, maintain that balance themselves and with great dignity’. He has placed examples of that into the novel to create a sense of optimism. He has always thought that ‘it is important to maintain the positive side of these books, not to make them into tragedies’ which is a key point for creating hopefulness and optimism and not dark, grim and bleak views. McCall Smith ‘recreates optimism through his characters and their dramas’ and ‘gives the right sort of attention to Africa and its people’. There are many characters in the novel... Please sign up to read full document. YOU MAY ALSO FIND THESE DOCUMENTS HELPFUL The No.

1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Show News, Reviews, Recaps and Photos - TV.com The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Follow Sunday 9:00 PM on BBC Premiered Mar 23, 2008 In Season USER EDITOR EDIT Alexander McCall Smith 's popular detective series comes to the small screen courtesy of HBO and the BBC. Oscar winner Anthony Minghella shepherds this project with a two-hour pilot shot in Botswana. Leading the cast is R&B singer/songwriter Jill Scott playing the role of Precious Ramotswe, a good-natured, intuitive mid-30's woman who took to heart the inspiring lessons of her deceased father. The series tells of her adventures as she puts up the first and only female detective agency in her native country of Botswana. The detective dramedy has been nominated in the 2009 Television Critics Association Awards for Outstanding New Program of the Year. While the fate of the show still hangs in the balance, HBO has announced that the 1st season DVD is set to be released on September 8, 2009. The No.

1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV Series 2008–2009) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 1h A woman opens her own detective agency in Botswana. Stars: An American woman asks for Precious's help to trace her son who vanished a decade before. 8.5 Precious has a few things to sort out, the main one being her old husband turning up again. 8.2 A new detective agency opens up near the Ladies. Grace investigates a beauty contest while Precious is trying to find Nandira Patel's mystery boyfriend. 8.0 Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence.

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Meanwhile, Mma Ramotswe's best friend, mechanic Mr. JLB Matekoni, hopes for a chance to win her heart... Based on Alexander McCall Smith's best-selling book series. Written by L. Hamre 29 March 2009 (USA) See more » Also Known As: A Agência Nº1 de Mulheres Detectives See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia American Grammy Award-winning singer Jill Scott eventually won the role of Precious Ramotswe over American actresses Oprah Winfrey , Whoopi Goldberg , and Queen Latifah , and also 18 African women considered for the lead See more » Connections (United States) – See all my reviews When one is fond of a book it can be with a certain amount of trepidation to watch that story be turned into film. This transformation was of epic proportion. The production is beautifully filmed, very well acted and the stories are fantastic. The series is being filmed in Botswana which adds immeasurably to the visual 'feel' of the story. I don't want to spoil one millimeter of film by telling what happens, all I can say is WATCH or you will miss the boat!

Watch this with your kids, your mom, your grandma and your bestest ever friends. I look forward with great anticipation to the rest of the series. 48 of 52 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Essay about The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency - 1438 Words Summer Reading No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Questions 1.Conventional mystery novels usually contain one long and riveting mystery throughout the course of the whole story. This may or may not be successful in many cases based on the author’s interest in that one mystery. With this book containing many different mysteries and crimes to solve it allows readers to become more engaged in each one instead of one mystery carrying out through the whole story. This made the pacing of the novel much more concrete and enjoyable. The author also did a nice job on emphasizing one big crime that carried out throughout most of the story. This kept the readers engaged throughout the story, as they were able to bounce back to that original story without getting bored of it. 2.Precious Ramotswe is an extremely warm and loving character. She is such a charming protagonist because of her positive attitude and determination towards all of the obstacles thrown at her in life.

She is so different from other detectives because she is a woman, a person that has gone through an enormous amount of hardships in her own life, and she is a detective because that is what she loves. She doesn’t just do it for the purposes of making money. She feels that all African people are her brothers and sisters and it is her job to help them with their troubles. 3.These cases that Mma Ramotswe deals with, are cases that police cannot solve. This factor drives suspense in the views of the reader ad from Mma Ramotswe’s perspective, as she cannot go to the cops for assistance in these riveting cases. The readers know how a police officer would handle certain situations, but in this case it was more of a mystery as we learned how Mma Ramotswe would handle these situations. 4.Mma Ramotswe view on men was ruined by her first experience with a man. Ever since she got pregnant with her husbands baby and then he left she has looked at men in a very stereotypical and our way.... Anylitical Essay Topic the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander Mccall Smith ...Alexander McCall Smith, the author of the award winning novel The No.

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User Polls 2008 Meerkats: The Movie (Documentary) (narration) Hide 2010 Efter Tio (TV Series) Himself 2010 Mariella's Book Show (TV Series) Himself 2007 The South Bank Show (TV Series documentary) Himself 2006 HARDtalk Extra (TV Series) Himself 2005 This Week (TV Series) Himself 2004 Alexander McCall Smith: Profile (TV Movie documentary) Himself - Episode #10.1 (2003) ... Himself - Author Related Videos Novel: "The Kalahari Typing School for Men", 2003. See more » Publicity Listings: 1 Interview | 2 Articles | See more » Official Sites: Did You Know? Personal Quote: [on being asked why he doesn't explore social problems in his writing] That's not the only thing that an author writes about. That's an important thing to do, but it's not the only thing. I think that literature can say quite a lot about the problems of the world by adopting a positive approach.

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1 Ladies' Detective Agency' Takes TV : NPR 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' Takes TV Embed Embed 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' Takes TV 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' Takes TV Embed Embed Heard on Talk of the Nation The popular No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels by Alexander McCall Smith have been made into a series for HBO. Jill Scott plays heroine Precious Ramotswe. In an article for The Daily Beast, Stanley Crouch hails her nuanced performance, and the show's depiction of Africa. Jill Scott, Sleuthing With HBO's 'No. 1 Ladies' Jill Scott, Sleuthing With HBO's 'No. 1 Ladies' Embed Embed Precious Ramotswe (Jill Scott) is the sensible and wise proprietor of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency — the only female-owned detective agency in Botswana. Keith Bernstein/HBO Entertainment hide caption toggle caption Keith Bernstein/HBO Entertainment Precious Ramotswe (Jill Scott) is the sensible and wise proprietor of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency — the only female-owned detective agency in Botswana.

Keith Bernstein/HBO Entertainment Interview Extra Jill Scott talks about how community justice — Precious Ramotswe's specialty — played out in her own neighborhood when she was young: 'Community Justice' Embed Embed <iframe src="" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Alexander McCall Smith is the author of more than 50 books; he teaches medical law at the University of Edinburgh. Graham Clark hide caption toggle caption Watch A Clip: 'Better Watch Out' Watch A Clip: 'Very Bad Sign' Anika Noni Rose plays Mma Makutsi, Ramotswe's quirky secretary. Keith Bernstein/HBO Entertainment hide caption toggle caption Anika Noni Rose plays Mma Makutsi, Ramotswe's quirky secretary. Keith Bernstein/HBO Entertainment The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency — Alexander McCall Smith's charming, best-selling book series — comes to American audiences this Sunday as an HBO miniseries. Singer Jill Scott plays Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's only lady detective, in the series. It's the first leading role for the performer.

McCall Smith found his flesh-and-blood heroine in Scott, who portrays Ramotswe as having enormous confidence and a sense of her own beauty — even when the skinny girls come around to call her "fatty." "She does have a very strong sense of justice and what is right," McCall Smith explains. "But there's another thing that she has — she tries to achieve some sort of resolution between people, which may mean actually forgiving somebody." Scott says she discovered a strong sense of the character while filming in Botswana. "I kept meeting women who were sweet — just genuinely sweet and smart," she says. "It was amazing to me that an entire culture of people could be so generous with their energy and spirit." "Well, she's a woman of great intuitive ability," McCall Smith says of Ramotswe. "She's a very intelligent woman, she's kind, she's forgiving — she's just the sort of person you'd like to sit down and have a cup of tea with. She's fairly typical of many people whom you meet in that part of the world." McCall Smith was born and grew up in what is now Zimbabwe, neighbor to Botswana.

He trained as a lawyer, and ended up in Botswana helping to create its first law school. But for all the writer's law-and-order background, the series turns out to be less about solving crime and more about solving people's problems — which are often fairy-tale-like mysteries. The first installment, in fact, features a dark storyline about witchcraft — something McCall Smith says he regrets now, with 10 No. 1 Ladies books under his belt. "It's certainly not in keeping with the overwhelming majority of the rest of the incidents in the series of books," he says. "I'm very used to people saying to me, 'You paint a very optimistic, positive picture of the country.' I think that I'm a writer who works at that end of the spectrum." For her part, Scott feels like the series' depiction of Botswana is fair, after her experience living there during the location shoot. "I've never met a community of people this warm, and this laid-back and this relaxed," she says. "Africa the continent is not just what we see on the news. It's ... not AIDS, and it's not just war and poverty. It's so much more.

It's an abundant continent, and Botswana is an abundant place."

Question: Which writer created the "Number I Detective Agency"?
Answer: ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH